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Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

English politician (1473-1554) · Politicians · Died at 81

Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was an English politician and nobleman of the Tudor era. He was an uncle of two of the wives of King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, both of whom were beheaded, and played a major role in the machinations affecting these royal marriages.

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After falling from favour in 1546, Norfolk was stripped of his dukedom and imprisoned in the Tower of London, avoiding execution when Henry VIII died on 28 January 1547.

Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1473 to 1554 · aged 81